Hyde5: Fitzpatrick fits what Dolphins wanted to help defense

1. The draft fell the way the Dolphins hoped from this sense: They had a choice of guys to help this defense. Minkah Fitzpatrick, a safety who can play slot cornerback, fills needs for this defense. Someone to help a defense rated 29th against tight ends? Check. Someone who can move to slot corner? Check. A player who fits with their philosophy of scheming against the three-receiver sets offenses used against them 65 percent of the time? Check.

"Really good fit for Miami," Mike Mayock said, because they can move T.J. McDonald to a dime-package linebacker. Well, that's the real question. How will they use McDonald?

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The Dolphins could have taken Virginia Tech linebacker Tremaine Edmunds, but opted for Fitzpatrick.

2. The question we'll never know (at least until years from now): Would the Dolphins have taken Josh Rosen? Arizona traded with Oakland for the 10th pick, just ahead of the Dolphins, to draft the UCLA quarterback. My guess is that did the Dolphins a favor, that they weren't going to take Rosen. That's based on talks with people before the draft, the fact coach Adam Gase likes Ryan Tannehill a lot and the desperate need for a starting linebacker. But … we'll never know. And no matter what they were going to do, the Dolphins are going to say they weren't going to take Rosen.

3. The AFC East took on a new look. The Jets took Sam Darnold with the third pick after giving Indianapolis their sixth pick and three second-round picks for that slot. Mayock and Troy Aikman said on the NFL Network that Darnold was their top-rated quarterback in the draft. What should the Jets expect?

Buffalo, meanwhile, traded their 12th pick and two, second-round picks (52nd and 56th) to Tampa for the seventh pick. It then took Josh Allen out of Wyoming. That's a good trade for the Bills, considering they got their quarterback and kept their other first-round pick at 22nd overall.

3. Baker Mayfield as the top pick? Mayock said, "From my perspective, he was the No. 4-rated quarterback." There, in two sentences, you summed up this draft. There were a lot of differing thoughts on the quarterbacks and not much agreement other than this: There was no Andrew Luck. No clear No. 1 pick. Gase openly loved Mayfield, though, for his swagger as much as his game. The Giants told you they didn't see a franchise quarterback left by taking running back Saquon Barkley with the second pick. We'll see where this goes in the next few years. But if half these top quarterbacks become quality starters it would match what a lot of NFL people think.

Btw 26 in the big blue jersey WILLL be the number one sellin Jersey in America next year. Takin all bets!!!? @saquon can’t wait Lil brudda

5. So Notre Dame linemen Quenton Nelson (sixth to Colts) and Mike McGlinchey (eight to 49ers) went high. And all I can remember is how the Miami Hurricanes defensive line cut through them to set the tone for that blowout victory.